"late filesystems" and switching net configs

[Tom Evans]

On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 07:59 +0200, Peter Boosten wrote:
> Chad Perrin wrote:
> > I have a couple of niggling little, er, "quirks" that I'd like to get
> > sorted out on my FreeBSD Thinkpad.
> > 
> >   2. For some reason, if I use DHCP at all then want to switch back to my
> >   static IP setup, I have to restart the computer to get it to access the
> >   Internet.  I haven't been able to figure out why.  If I recall
> >   correctly, I can switch to static IP on bge0 and access other systems
> >   on the network, but I can't do anything related to the Internet.  Yes,
> >   by the way, I am checking to make sure the contents of resolv.conf are
> >   correct.
> > 
> 
> Check your default gateway when switching from DHCP to static. IIRC a
> /etc/rc.d/netif stop/start will recreate the default route.
> 
> Peter

Not as I recall though. You will need to do a /etc/rc.d/routing restart
if your default router changes. The only time you might not need it is
when your routes are setup via DHCP.


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